THOMPSON - It wasn't the kind of night Keith Rocco was hoping for at Thompson International Speedway, but in the end, the big picture of it all meant a celebration over an injured car.

Rocco limped to a 12th place finish of 16 cars in Thursday's 30-lap NASCAR Whelen All-American Series SK Modified feature at Thompson and the finish proved enough for the Wallingford driver to edge Ryan Preece of Berlin for the division title.

"As much bad luck as tonight was we still had enough good luck to save us," Rocco said.

Rocco led the race early but slowed dramatically on lap eight. He limped around the track slowly over the final 20 laps.

"It's never easy," Rocco said. "You've always got to fight for one I guess. I don't know if the fuel pump went bad or it was a fuel line or what. I don't know if it has something to do with the cold weather. I was trying to count cars as they were coming by to see how many were left."

Rocco also clinched the SK Modified division championship at the Waterford Speedbowl last Saturday.

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i guess when your the point leader you can drive around the speedway under speed and not get black flag for not able to keep a reasonable speed

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On August 18, 1995 Shawn Courchesne attended his first short track racing event, filling in on coverage for a Friday night show at Stafford Motor Speedway for the Hartford Courant. Little did he realize that night ... read more